Journal
Notes from Passage.
Short reads on the products, the materials, and how to use them.
How Passage began with a single tin of charcoal.
In 2017, the brief was small and the room was loud. One sealed tin, one mabkhar, one host who refused ash on the carpet. The brand has not changed its mind since.
By Passage Studio · 6 min read
- HeritageFebruary 18, 2026
Charcoal, sealed and indexed: eight years of refusing ash.
Sealed tins, controlled ignition, and rolls sized for the mabkhar. The founding category, told plainly.
By Passage Studio · 5 min read
- RitualJanuary 22, 2026
Oud, slowly: the choreography of a Gulf evening.
How to prepare the mabkhar, when to add the oud, and why the smoke is the welcome — not the perfume.
By Passage Studio · 7 min read
- CraftDecember 12, 2025
Inside the Passage Lamp — refill, wick, and the weight that holds it down.
A lamp designed to be kept, not consumed. The vessel is the product; the scent is the consumable.
By Passage Studio · 5 min read
- GiftingNovember 8, 2025
Composing a Ramadan box that does not feel like marketing.
How we approach Ramadan and Eid gifting at Passage — what goes in the box, what stays out, and why a card always belongs.
By Passage Studio · 4 min read
- AtmosphereOctober 15, 2025
A six-step room reset, the way the studio runs it.
Linen, majlis, guest room, office. How the Passage studio prepares a room for the next conversation.
By Passage Studio · 4 min read
